“I mentioned that I wanted to share them with my two sons and my niece, each of whom was joined by their significant others at our family Christmas and all of whom are setting in to new lives and new cities. I hoped the tokens would offer a fun way to do that.I created a scavenger hunt and sent emails to two “teams”, with clues that included pop references as well as some inside family jokes and that sent them to outdoor sheds, attics, freezers, recycling bins, etc. I wouldn’t give them a direct answer when they asked if it was a competition but the truth was they needed to combine their clues to find the final package….I am happy to report they figured that out.My father was really taken with the whole project – it’s just the kind of thing that he loves, so I gave him some tokens as well. All together, tokens are now in Providence; Vienna, VA (outside DC); Berkeley and Cupertino, CA; and Haddam, CT. I’ve attached a picture of some of the “teams” as they read about The Free Pass Project and one of my dad with his proud quarry. Below is one of the teams’ clues…
There once was a fine hunt scavenger,
With hints divided ‘tween him and her.
Ah, with goodies at stake,
All winners will partake,
And their version of stories confer.”